Although cocaine use became widespread in the 19th century once it was synthesized into cocaine hydrochloride salts, Europeans knew of the coca plant’s stimulating effects since the early 15th ...

Although cocaine is consumed in every part of the world, its base, the coca plant, is mainly cultivated in three Latin American countries: Peru, Bolivia and Colombia. The latter made headlines in ...

The coca plant in Colombia (2023 ... scholars familiar with the hazards of cocaine but holding no bias when it came to the traditional use of the leaves. There is an ingenuous quality to their ...

Colombia's national potential cocaine output and the amount of cocaine produced per hectare are growing, thanks to highly-productive coca strains, even as crop area shrinks. (% change) Net coca ...

Bolivia is pushing for the global decriminalisation of coca leaf – the main ingredient of cocaine – to export the plant and ease its economic crisis. But a "landmark" recent decision by the ...

The demonising of the coca plant started with the colonial powers, who then monopolised the trade. Millán captures this ...

If it were anywhere else in South America, the nondescript house with buckets of coca leaves soaking in liquid could be mistaken for a clandestine cocaine lab.

A few decades ago, finding blueberries in a grocery store out of season was a rarity. Not so much these days, due to an ...

After years of speculation and high-profile ownership, the iconic former Coca-Cola bottling site near Houston’s West ...

The main plant will be located in the municipality ... Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru are known to use coca for cocaine production. However, since the Morales administration, the country decreases ...